2026-02-10
Welcome Varun and Dan to @tempo! Both are forces of nature, and are going to accelerate us even more to upgrade the world's payments infrastructure. LFG
The Block
Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, along with the team at Merkle, join stablecoin startup Tempo, weeks after Merkle sold Farcaster to Neynar
Quick Take — Romero and Srinivasan's move follows Farcaster's sale to Neynar and the founders' exit from day-to-day leadership of the protocol.
2025-10-01
Every app is about to become a fintech, and every fintech is about to launch their own stablecoin.
CoinDesk
Stripe launches Open Issuance, a Bridge-powered platform that lets companies create its own stablecoins, used by crypto wallet Phantom to issue its CASH token
a new stablecoin created with stripe + bridge w/ baked in developer rewards, stripe merchant support, and new phantom $ features, launching on solana. [video] Ryan Rasmussen / @ras...